TOPICAL EXAMINATIONS

SOCIO – ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION ID PRE - COLONIAL AFRICA.

SECTION A

1. Multiple choice questions

(i) Which form of production existed for longer period of  time?

1.               Communalism
2.                Primitive communalism
3.                Advanced communalism
4.               Feudalism

(ii) Among the communities practicing communal mode of production which one is not from East Africa?

1.               Tindiga
2.                Mbali
3.                Dorobo
4.               Hadzabe

(iii) The following are factor for Transition from primitive communalism to slavery and Feudal production, except?

1.               Specialization
2.                Advances in science and technology
3.                Neolithic revolution
4.               Population growth

(iv)  Slavery as an institution existed in the following except?

1.               Chagga
2.                Muslim community
3.                Egypt
4.               Coast of East Africa

(v) A situation where a person is owned by another purposely as an instrument of production is called?

1.               Slaves
2.                Feudalism
3.                Exploitation
4.               Slavery

(vi) A feature of slave mode of production is?

1.               Surplus production
2.                Private ownership
3.                Existence of classes
4.               All of the above

(vii) The term ‘feudal’ means

1.               Tax
2.                Fees
3.                Charges
4.               Salary

(viii) Which community exisisted and practiced

1.               Chagga
2.                Kikuyu
3.                Bunyoro
4.               Acholi

(ix) A feudal system practiced by Tutsi and Hutu is Rwanda and Burundi

1.               Nyarubanja
2.                Umwinyi
3.                Ubugabire
4.               Ntemi.

(x) One demerit of feudalism was

1.               Land sharing
2.                Inequality in society
3.                Stratification of society
4.               Peace in state

2. Match the following.

SECTION B

3.                       Explain the term social organization and production
4.                       Identify the types of social organizations and production that existed in Africa up to the19th century
5.                       What is communalism mode of production?
6.                       Identify the characteristics of communalism
7.                       Show examples of the societies that had communalism up to the 19th century
8.                       What is slavery and slave mode of production?
9.                       Explain the features of slavery in Africa.
10.                  Show areas where slavery was practiced in Africa.
11.                  What is feudalism as mode of production?
12.           Explain the characteristics of feudalism.
13.           Show societies in east Africa that had feudalism up to the 19th century.

14. Explain the feudal relation (forms of feudalism) that existed in the following areas. (i) Interlacustrine region of Lake Victoria (ii) Indian Ocean coast of East Africa.

TOPICAL EXAMINATION

AFRICA AND EXTERNAL WORLD

SECTION A

1. Multiple choice questions

(i) Which of the following were not among the earthiest visitors in East Africa?

1.               Portuguese
2.                Indians
3.                Chinese
4.               Burma

(ii) Earlier contact between East Africa and the world was mainly due to:-

1.               Adventure
2.                Commerce
3.                Colonialism
4.               Religious

(iii) Which was not a social motive of contact between Africa and Middle East?

1.               Urge to spread Islam
2.                Seeking refugees
3.                Exploration
4.               Establishing settlement.

(iv) The following goods were taken from Africa during the earlier contact with external world except

1.               Stone pots and jars
2.                Ivory, Gold
3.                Copper and Iron
4.               Coconut oil

(v) Which of the following cities did not arise due to contacts between Africa and middle East.

1.               Mogadishu
2.                Zanzibar
3.                Kilwa
4.               Dar – es –Salaam

(vi) Who introduced slave trade in African coast?

1.               Portuguese
2.                Chinese
3.                Oman Arabs
4.               Sais Seyyid

(vii) The first port to be build by Portuguese was called?

1.               Good hope
2.                Fort Jesus
3.                Elmina
4.               Prince Henry

(viii) When was Fort Jesus Built?

1.               1872
2.                1698
3.                1499
4.               1592

(ix) Who were proponents of second Atlantic system?

1.               Francis Drake
2.                John Hawkins
3.                Arguin Steven
4.               Francis Drake and John Hawkins

(x) In which year did the Dutch first settle in Table Bay?

1.               1652
2.                1680
3.                1540
4.               1700

2. Match the following items.

SECTION B

3. Explain the social and economic motives of the contacts between Africa, the Middle East and the Far East.

4. Identify the major, commodities which were exchanged during the contacts between Africa, Middle East and Far East.

5. Explain the social and economic effects of the contacts between the people of Africa the Middle and the Far East.

6. Explain the social and economic motives of, the contacts between Africa and the Portuguese.

7. Explain the social and economic impact of the Portuguese to Africa

8. Explain the - reasons for the fall of the Portuguese rule in East Africa and its impact.

9. Explain the motives of the Dutch settlement at the Cape.

10. Discuss the impact Of Dutch settlement at the Cape.

11. Explain the reasons for the expansion of slave trade in the Indian Ocean sea 

12. Explain the techniques used to get slaves

TOPICAL EXAMINATION

INTERACTION AMONG THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA

SECTION A

1. Multiple choice questions

(i) Which of the following is not one of four main language group in East Africa?

1.               Cushite
2.                Nilotes
3.                The San
4.               The Bantu

(ii) Which ethnic group below is a remnant of Khoisan of South Africa?

1.               Mijikanda
2.                Samdawe
3.                Okiek
4.               B and C

(iii) Which group of people had a King with Golden Stool?

1.               Shona
2.                Bushmen
3.                Asante
4.               Ndebele

(iv) In which year did Egypt destroy Lango and acholi religion in Uganda?

1.               1879
2.                1869
3.                1839
4.               1835

(v) The Mwarobaini was commonly used as medicine in which community?

1.               Chagga
2.                Nyamwezi
3.                Shona
4.               Ndebele

(vi) First people to use copper in pre – colonial Africa were:-

1.               Kwari
2.                Zaramo
3.                Egyptian
4.               Ibo

(vii) Most African communities practiced Agriculture except:

1.               Buganda
2.                Kamba
3.                Acholi
4.               Maasai

(viii) Which town below did not arise as are result of social interaction?

1.               Timbuktu
2.                Gao
3.                Zanzibar
4.               Cairo

(ix) The main reason for movement of Ngoni was

1.               Famine
2.                Mfecane war
3.                Calamities
4.               Adventure

(x) In which town of Tanzania are you likely to find Ngoni?

1.               Tabora
2.                Mtwara
3.                Songea
4.               Songwe.

2. Match the following items

Match the dates below and events.

SECTION B

3.                     Define the term interactions
4.                      Give two forms of interactions which occurred among African people
5.                      Mention the ways in which social interaction took place
6.                     What do you understand by economic interactions
7.                     Explain the ways through which Africans interacted economically
8.                     Describe the economic and social impacts of interactions
9.                      Mention three groups of Ngoni that migrated to East Africa
10.                Discuss the causes of Ngoni Migration
11.                 What were the positive and negative impacts of Ngoni Migrations.